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The MAC education and public programs are dedicated to our community through art talks, expert panels, guided tours, hands-on workshops, school partnerships, family programs and cultural festivals. Our education programs offers members and visitors an invitation to explore national and international works in a deep and personal approach
Art Talk Series
(always free and open to the public)
NEXT ART TALK
Two Art Talks the Same Night!
Saturday, Feb. 4th - starting at 2pm
2-3pm: "Transience" artists Marilyn Jolly, Melba Northum, Susan Sitzes
3-4pm: Eric Eley
in conjunction with our current exhibitions:
Eric Eley
Marilyn Jolly, Melba Northum, Susan Sitzes
Walter Nelson
on view through February 18th
exhibition opening January 14th
RECENT EVENTS:
In conjunction with her exhibition, Hadar Sobol: Go, an Art Talk with the artist is scheduled Wednesday, November 30th, 6:30-7:30
New ART TALK series:
The MAC Scholar Lecture Series
October 12, 13, 20, 26 & 27
FREE and open to the public!
Thoughtful explorations of the contemporary art world that will provide audiences with a better understanding of visual art dialogues of today.
A series of 5 local professors, educators and critics, beginning October 12th.
Charles Dee Mitchell on Douglas MacWithey, Bill Davenport & WordSpace
Wednesday October 19
6:30 - 7:30
A Gallery Talk at The MAC
3120 McKinney Avenue
Curator Charles Dee Mitchell will speak about the three exhibitions currently on display: Douglas MacWithey: Selections from the Seals of the Philosophers, Bill Davenport and the Golden Treasures of the Pharaohs and Between Covers: An Exhibition for Smart Phones and the Internet (sponsored by WordSpace)
The Art Talk is Wednesday, October 19 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. The talk is free and open to the public.
Douglas MacWithey
Wednesday September 21
6:00 - 7:00
The MAC
3120 McKinney Avenue
Wednedsay September 21
7:00 - 9:00
The Reading Room
3715 Parry Avenue
Selections from Douglas MacWithey's notebooks will be read Wednesday, September 21 from 6:00pm to 7:00pm by curator Charles Dee Mitchell, and the novelists David Searcy and Ben Fountain. The evening is a presentation of WordSpace.
Immediately following the reading at The MAC there will be a reception from 7 to 9 pm at The Reading Room, 3715 Parry Avenue. "How it is the dead man suffers the loss of his loved ones", MacWithey's large three panel drawing from which the reading is taken, will be on view. The drawing dates from the 1980's and has never been shown before. It will be exhibited at The Reading Room, a project space dedicated to the intersection of the visual and literary arts, through September 30.
Wednesday, June 8
6:00 - 7:00 PM
Hugo Garcia-Urrutia
discusses his current exhibition "Making a Killing"
presented by The Writer's Garret
A panel discussion in conjunction with the exhibit
Lesley Dill: Word Queens and Necklaces
Panel Discussion
with the "Starry, Starry Nights" artists & curator
Adela Andea, Chris Lattanzio, Jeremy McKane
Billy Zinser and curator June Mattingly
Wednesday, May 11th
6:30 - 7:30p
Panel Discussion / Art Talk
Rosalyn Story, classical violinist, author and cultural arts journalist, will moderate a panel discussion with Curator, Phillip E. Collins and artists of the MAC exhibition "Nobody Knows My Name: The African American Experience in American Culture": Jean Lacy, Angelbert Metoyer and Robert Pruitt .
March 23, 2011
6:30 to 7:30 @ the MAC
Wednesday, January 19th
5:00 - 6:00pm
Bryan Florentin will discuss his exhibition "Revised/Remodeled"
showing the MAC New Works Space
from 5:00-5:30pm
Frances Bagley and Celia Eberle to discuss "Beasts and Bunnies"
from 5:30-6pm
other recent Art Talks @ the MAC
please note: The Digital Photo Academy is moving to a new venue!
Please check their website!
The MAC education and public programs are dedicated to our community through art talks, expert panels, guided tours, hands-on workshops, school partnerships, family programs and cultural festivals. Our education programs offers members and visitors an invitation to explore national and international works in a deep and personal approach
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